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in the manga many mangaka s like is soo through one cannot just live thru making manga alone hehehe

Because it's an art. Either you blow or you don't. Like musicians; painters; sculptures and etc...Money just doesn't come in regularly. That's what I'm expecting from this manga. More on the hardships of an struggling manga artist. But that'll never happen I guess since it's a shonen title.

Edit: On a related note, there was a boy who "claimed" to be Gamou's son, appeared in anonymous forum over 3 months ago... and posted about the (then not-yet-announced, but later confirmed) picturebook that's getting released, and also said Gamou was wanting to do a manga about "a boy who wantetd to become manga artist, and a girl who wanted to become seiyuu". I wonder if this person was Gamou/Ohba himself, really his son, or a staff member close to him.

Eh, that's interesting. Could you provide any links?

Hmm. I just read that first chapter. Wow. How cute. I wasn't expecting it to be this adorable. Mashiro is incredibly cute and I just wanted to hug him (yep, I am *that* weird). I assume he's going to turn into a pretty likeable character, unlike Light. But then again, those two stories are so different! Even more than what I expected. So far this seems lighthearted and sweet. Of course, this is NOT the new Death Note, and it's never going to be, in my opinion, it sounds more like an autobiography of some sorts and I seriously doubt the story is going to be half as intrincate as DN. But after this first chapter, I'll dissociate Bakuman from DN the best I can.
This looks very promising so far. I'm pleased.

At first the whole manga sounds like the author ranting about how difficult it is to become a mangka. It became quite interesting later, often taking those ridiculous turns in plot. No idea how this will develop though.

At first the whole manga sounds like the author ranting about how difficult it is to become a mangka.

It's quite fitting though, considering how both of them were struggling for years in the manga industry, until they found each other.
One can draw like no other, but was struggling to write stories that captivated the readers... and the other had the artistic talent of a 6 year old, but knew how to write. This manga really does seem like reflections of themselves.

Shueisha's Jumpland electronic manga site has posted the first chapter of the Bakuman manga from the Death Note writer/artist duo of Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata for free in English, French, German, and Japanese on Monday. The website's manga installments require a proprietary browser that only runs on the Microsoft Windows XP or Vista operating system. Bakuman's story follows two 14-year-old Japanese high school boys who decide to write and draw their own manga.

The Jumpland website has already been posting chapters of Death Note, Bleach, and D.Gray-man since June 30. However, Bakuman is the first manga that Shueisha has released online in multiple languages before it has been released in print outside Japan. Bakuman had just begun on August 11 in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in Japan. Jumpland's English manga chapters will be free until August 31.